{"product_id":"9780974607801","title":"Melville, Herman - Bartleby, the Scrivener","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Melville, Herman. Themes include Young men, Fiction, Copyists, New York (N.Y.), Wall Street (New York, N.Y.).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I prefer not to,\" he respectfully and slowly said, and mildly disappeared. Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world--even those daunted by Moby-Dick--Bartleby the Scrivener is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Set in the mid-19th century on New York City's Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville's most prescient story: what if a young man caught up in the rat race of commerce finally just said, \"I would prefer not to?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59331723854198,"sku":null,"price":5.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780974607801.jpg?v=1794483550","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780974607801","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}